I think @MattD said the staff prefers Hunter, which I think is great news. And then I’d guess a wing (Ryan/Carmody) is higher priority than Johns. But not sure we can afford to put Johns on hold and play the wait-and-see game, considering he’s a highly-touted, in-state (from EL, no less) recruit.

@buckets12 funny that you say that, because I’m guessing the people that would be relatively less happy with a Johns commitment were also relatively less happy with the Livers commitment (think that we passed up better options for a guy who strictly fills the offense-related needs of the team)

Don’t really like looking at rankings all that often as a primary judgment, but find it interesting that Brandon Johns is the highest rated player that Michigan has offered in this class (although Iggy’s ranking seems a bit messed up by some sites not ranking him).

Maybe. However, the report mentioned in the tweet says only that an assistant at Johns’ high school hasn’t been told that a commitment has occurred and thus doubts it. By contrast, there are multiple sources across several sites (many with a lot of credibility) stating that Johns has committed. Until anything happens publicly, I’m in wait and see mode–anything can happen–but the fact that an East Lansing reporter (primarily a traffic reporter at that) advises “pumping the brakes” based on an inconclusive set of comments from a high school assistant coach doesn’t move the needle for me.